ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ueli Gegenschatz - Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.

Why you should listen

Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping -- and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that let him soar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His "addiction to speed" continues to inspire.

A member of the Swiss national paragliding team for four years, Gegenschatz co-founded the Red Bull acro team in 1995. His BASE jumping stunts are the stuff of YouTube legend: the Eiffel Tower; Petronas Towers in KL; the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day.

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Ueli Gegenschatz: Extreme wingsuit flying

Ueli Gegenschatz的特技翼服飞行

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翼服飞行是特技运动中最先进的一项——当你看见特技跳伞员以100英里的时速穿梭在峡谷时带给你的最刺激难以置信的感受。Ueli Gegenschatz将告诉你他如何(以及为何)从事这项运动,并将在最后展示一段叹为观止的短片。
- Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring. Full bio

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I started开始 with paragliding滑翔伞.
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我是从高崖跳伞开始我的特技生涯的。
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Paragliding滑翔伞 is taking服用 off from mountains
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高崖跳伞就是利用滑翔降落伞从高山上
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with a paraglider滑翔伞, with the possibility可能性 to
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跳下,高崖跳伞可以让你
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fly cross-country越野, distance距离,
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穿越乡间,并且飞得更远,
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just with the use of thermals暖流 to soar翱翔.
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而且仅仅利用热空气来让你飞行。
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Also different不同 aerobatic特技飞行 maneuvers演习 are possible可能
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滑翔降落伞可以在空中提供
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with a paraglider滑翔伞.
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更多的机动性。
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From there I started开始 with skydiving跳伞.
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自那以后我开始从事高空跳伞。
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In this picture图片 you can see
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从这张照片你可以看到
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there is a four-way四向 skydive跳伞,
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这个是四人式跳伞,
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four people flying飞行 together一起,
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四个人一块儿下落,
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and on the left hand side it's the camera相机 flier传单
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左手边的跳伞员负责摄像机
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with the camera相机 mounted安装 to his helmet头盔
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他的头盔上设有一个摄像机
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so he can film电影 the whole整个 jump,
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所以他就可以拍摄整个跳伞过程,
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for the film电影 itself本身 and also for the judging判断.
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拍摄的目的不仅仅是为了拍摄还为了事后对录像进行分析。
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From regular定期, relative相对的 skydiving跳伞
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从一般的特技跳伞开始,我逐渐
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I went on to freeflyingfreeflying.
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开始转向自由式跳伞。
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FreeflyingFreeflying is more the three-dimensional三维 skydiving跳伞.
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自由式跳伞更加强调了对三维空间的运用。
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You can see the skydiver跳伞 with the red suit适合,
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你可以看见穿红色跳伞服的跳伞员,
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he's in a stand-up站起来 position位置.
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他的下落姿势是站立式的。
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The one with the yellow-green黄绿色 suit适合,
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穿黄绿相间跳伞服的,
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he's flying飞行 head-down低头.
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是倒立式下落的。
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And that's me in the background背景, carving雕刻 around the whole整个 formation编队
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背后的那个人是我,围绕着中间两个人转
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in freefall自由落体 also, with the helmet头盔 cam凸轮
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同样是自由落体,也同样戴了一个头盔摄像机
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to film电影 this jump.
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在拍摄这次跳伞。
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From freeflyingfreeflying I went on to skysurfingskysurfing.
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从自由式跳伞我又开始空中滑板,
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SkysurfingSkysurfing is skydiving跳伞 with a board on the feet.
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空中滑板就是高空跳伞的同时在脚上加一块滑板。
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You can imagine想像 with this big surface表面
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显而易见,因为滑板巨大的
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of a skysurfingskysurfing board,
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接触面积,
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there is a lot of force, a lot of power功率.
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可以在下落过程中提供很大的上升力。
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Of course课程 I can use this power功率
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当然我可以利用这种力
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for example for nice不错 spinning纺织 -- we call it "helicopter直升机 moves移动."
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做出各种动作 -我们管这个动作叫直升机式。
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From there I went on to wingsuitwingsuit flying飞行.
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然后我又开始翼服飞行。
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WingsuitWingsuit flying飞行 is a suit适合,
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翼服飞行是利用翼服,
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that I can make fly, just only with my body身体.
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实现仅仅利用身体就可以飞行。
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If I put some tension张力 on my body身体, tension张力 on my suit适合,
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假如我用我的身体给翼服增大张力,
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I can make it fly. And as you see
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我就可以飞行了。显而易见,
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the fall秋季 rate is much much slower比较慢
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翼服飞行的下坠速度要明显得慢
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because of the bigger surface表面.
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就是因为翼服增大了与空气得接触面积。
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With a proper正确 body身体 position位置 I'm able能够 to really move移动 forward前锋
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假如动作标准我就可以往前飞行
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to gain获得 quite相当 some distance距离.
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得很远。
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This is a jump I did in Rio里约热内卢 de Janeiro里约热内卢.
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这是我在里约热内卢的一跳。
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You can see the Copacabana科帕卡巴纳 on the left-hand左手 side.
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你可以看到我的左手边是科巴卡巴纳海滩。
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From there with all the skills技能 and knowledge知识
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从那以后我利用了从高崖跳伞到现在
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from paragliding滑翔伞 and all the different不同 disciplines学科
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学到的所有知识和技巧以及不同的飞行规则,
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in skydiving跳伞, I went on to BASE基础 jumping跳跃.
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我开始了低空跳伞。
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BASE基础 jumping跳跃 is skydiving跳伞 from fixed固定 objects对象,
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低空跳伞那是从固定的物体上跳伞,
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like buildings房屋, antennae天线, bridges桥梁 and earth地球 --
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比如说,房屋,天线,桥和大地 -
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meaning含义 mountains, cliffs悬崖.
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所谓大地就是高山和悬崖。
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It's for sure -- for me -- it's the ultimate最终 feeling感觉
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对我来说这绝对是
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of being存在 in free自由 fall秋季,
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在自由落体的同时
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with all the visual视觉 references引用.
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又能利用周边环境做参照物的最好的感觉了。
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So my goal目标 soon不久 was to discover发现 new places地方
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所以我的目标是尽快找到
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that nobody没有人 had jumped跳下 before.
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从来没有人跳过的地方。
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So in summer夏季 2000 I was the first to BASE基础 jump
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2000年的夏天我是第一个
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the Eiger艾格峰 North Face面对 in Switzerland瑞士.
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从瑞士Eiger山北面低空跳伞的人。
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Two years年份 after this, I was the first to BASE基础 jump from Matterhorn马特,
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两年后,我是第一个从Matterhorn跳下的人,
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a very famous著名 mountain that probably大概
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Matterhorn是一个大概
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everybody每个人 knows知道 in here.
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在座每位都知道的山。
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2005 I did a BASE基础 jump from the Eiger艾格峰, from the Monk and from the Jungfrau少女峰,
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2005年我从Eiger, Monk 和 Jungfrau
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three very famous著名 mountains in Switzerland瑞士.
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三座在瑞士非常有名的山跳下。
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The special特别 thing on these three jumps跳跃 were,
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从这三处跳下的特别之处在于,
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I hiked上调 them all and climbed爬上 them all in only one day.
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我仅花一天就爬上了那些山。
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In 2008 I jumped跳下 the Eiffel艾菲尔 Tower in Paris巴黎.
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2008年我从巴黎埃菲尔铁塔上跳下。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(众笑)
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So with all this knowledge知识, I also
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随着我知识的增长,我又
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wanted to get into stunts特技.
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想从事特技表演。
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So with some friends朋友 we started开始 to do different不同 tricks技巧,
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我和几个朋友一起开始做各种各样的特技,
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like for example this jump here,
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比如说从这里跳下,
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I jumped跳下 from a paraglider滑翔伞.
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我从一个滑翔伞上跳下。
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Or here -- everybody每个人 was freezing冷冻, pretty漂亮 much, except me,
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或者说从这里,每个人都冻得不行了,除了我,
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because it was very cold in Austria奥地利
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因为我们的拍摄地,
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where we did this filming拍戏.
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奥地利很冷。
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Everybody每个人 sitting坐在 in a basket,
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所有人都待在热气球的架子里,
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and I was on top最佳 of the balloon气球,
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我则在热气球的顶端,
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ready准备 to slide滑动 down with my skysurfskysurf board.
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准备从顶端用高空滑板上滑下。
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Or this jump, from a moving移动 truck卡车 on the highway高速公路.
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还有这一跳,从高速公路上行驶的货车上跳下。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(众笑)
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Extreme极端 sports体育 on top最佳 level水平 like this
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像这样难度最高的极限运动
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is only possible可能 if you practice实践 step by step,
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必须从头开始一步一步地练习,
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if you really work hard on your skills技能
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假如说你努力学习技巧
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and on your knowledge知识.
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并且掌握足够的知识(才能从事这样的运动)。
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Of course课程 you need to be in physical物理, very good, condition条件,
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so I'm training训练 a lot.
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所以我平时花很多时间进行身体训练。
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You need to have the best最好 possible可能 equipment设备.
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你同样还需要最顶尖的器材。
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And probably大概 the most important重要 is
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然而最重要的是
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you have to work on your mental心理 skills技能, mental心理 preparation制备.
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你要学会控制你的意识力,精神力。
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And all this to come as close as possible可能
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这些加起来你就可以尽可能地
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to the human人的 dream梦想 of being存在 able能够 to fly.
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达到人类能够飞行的梦想。
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So for 2009,
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从2009年,
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I'm training训练 hard for my two new projects项目.
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我在刻苦训练准备我的下两项项目。
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The first one, I want to set a world世界 record记录
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第一个,我想打破
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in flying飞行 from a cliff悬崖 with my wingsuitwingsuit.
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一个从悬崖上跳下的翼服飞行的世界纪录。
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And I want to set a new record记录,
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这个世界纪录,
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with the longest最长 distance距离 ever flown飞行.
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是用翼服飞行能够滑翔距离最长的纪录。
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For my second第二 project项目,
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我的第二个项目,
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I have a sensational轰动的 idea理念
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是一个轰动性的主意,
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of a jump that never has been doneDONE before.
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是从一个从来没有人跳过的地方跳下。
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So now, on the following以下 movie电影 you will see
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所以从接下来的一段影片众中将看到
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that I'm much better in flying飞行 a wingsuitwingsuit
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我翼服飞行的能力
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than speaking请讲 in English英语.
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要比说英语的能力好得多。
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Enjoy请享用, and thank you very much.
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希望你们喜欢,谢谢。
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(Applause掌声)
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(观众鼓掌)
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(Applause掌声)
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June六月 Cohen科恩: I have some questions问题.
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June Cohen: 我有一些问题。
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I think we all might威力 have some questions问题.
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我认为我们都有一些问题。
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Question one: so does that actually其实 feel
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第一个问题,翼服飞行的感觉
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the way the flying飞行 dream梦想 does?
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是不是和人类真正飞翔的梦想一样?
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Because it looks容貌 like it might威力.
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因为看起来很像。
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UeliUeli GegenschatzGegenschatz: Pretty漂亮 much. I believe this is probably大概 the closest最近的
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Ueli Gegenschatz:是很像。我认为这可能是当今
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possibility可能性 to come to the dream梦想 of being存在 able能够 to fly.
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离人类飞翔的最为接近的感觉了吧。
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JCJC: I know the answer回答 to this, but how do you land土地?
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JC: 我知道这个问题的答案但是我仍旧想问,你如何降落?
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UEUE: Parachute降落伞. We have to open打开 a parachute降落伞
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UE: 降落伞。我们必须在,
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just seconds before, I would say, impact碰撞.
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用我的话来说,“撞击”的前几秒钟内打开降落伞。
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(Laughter笑声)
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It's not possible可能 to land土地 a wingsuitwingsuit yet然而.
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现在还不能只用翼服就能降落。
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JCJC: Yet然而. But people are trying. Are you among其中 those --
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JC: “还不能”。但是人们正在努力实现这个梦想,你是不是其中之一?
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you're not going to commit承诺 -- are you among其中 those trying to do it?
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你不是其中之一,那你是不是希望实现这个梦想的人之一呢?
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UEUE: It's a dream梦想. It's a dream梦想. Yeah.
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UE: 这是一个梦想。
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We're still working加工 on it and we're
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我们仍旧在研发
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developing发展 the wingsuitswingsuits to get better performance性能,
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性能更加好的翼服,
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to get more knowledge知识.
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并且学到了许多。
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And I believe soon不久.
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我相信在不久的未来(能够实现这个梦想)。
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JCJC: All right. Well we will watch this space空间. But I have two more questions问题.
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JC: 好的。我们拭目以待。但我仍旧有两个问题。
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What is the -- there was exhaust排气 coming未来
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那个从你身后放出的
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out of the back of the wingsuitwingsuit. Was that a propelled推进的 wingsuitwingsuit that you were wearing穿着?
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尾气。是不是因为你的翼服有驱动功能?
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UEUE: Nope. It's just smoke抽烟.
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UE: 不是。只不过是烟雾而已。
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JCJC: Coming未来 off of you?
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JC: 从你身上放出来的?
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(Laughter笑声)
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(众笑)
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UEUE: Hopefully希望 not.
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UE: 但愿不是。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(众笑)
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JCJC: That seems似乎 dangerous危险.
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JC: 这个(烟)看上去很危险。
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UEUE: No, smoke抽烟 is for two reasons原因,
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UE: 不危险,烟雾有两个作用,
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you can see the speed速度, you can see the way
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你可以从烟雾来估测飞行速度,你同样可以
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where I was flying飞行.
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看见我的飞行轨迹。
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That's reason原因 number one. And reason原因 number two:
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这是第一个作用。第二个作用,
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it's much easier更轻松 for the camera相机 guy to film电影
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假如我用烟雾,摄像师可以
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If I'm using运用 smoke抽烟.
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更加有效方便地跟踪我
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JCJC: Ah, I see. So the wingsuitwingsuit is set up to deliberately故意 release发布 smoke抽烟
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JC: 啊,我知道了。你故意让翼服放出烟雾
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so that you can be tracked追踪. One more question.
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所以你就更加容易被跟踪。再有一个问题。
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What do you do to to cover your face面对?
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你用什么来遮盖你的脸?
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Because I just keep thinking思维 of going that fast快速
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因为我在想假如你飞得那么快
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and having your whole整个 face面对 smushedsmushed backwards向后.
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你的脸肯定会被风压得不行。
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Are you in a helmet头盔? Are you in goggles风镜?
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你是不是要戴头盔?或者你只带飞行眼镜?
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UEUE: The purest最纯净的 and the best最好 feeling感觉 would be with only goggles风镜.
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UE: 最美好,最纯粹的飞行感觉是只戴飞行眼镜。
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JCJC: And is that how you usually平时 fly?
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JC: 那你平时是不是只戴飞行眼镜?
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UEUE: Usually平时 I'm wearing穿着 a helmet头盔. In the mountains I'm always wearing穿着 a helmet头盔
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UE: 我通常要戴头盔。在山沟中穿梭的话我一直戴头盔
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because of landings着陆 -- usually平时 it's difficult --
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因为降落通常很困难
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it's not like regular定期 skydiving跳伞 where you have like the big landings着陆.
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与普通跳伞不同,普通跳伞有很大的空地让你着路。(而山里却没有空地)
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So you have to be prepared准备.
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所以你必须要戴头盔以防万一。
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JCJC: Right. Now is there anything you don't do?
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JC: 对的。现在你是不是会有一些特技你不会去尝试?
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Do people come to you with projects项目 and say, "We want you to do this!"
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会不会有人拿着一些项目来跟你说:“我要你做这个!”
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and do you ever say, "No, no I'm not going to."
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你是不是会拒绝他们?
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UEUE: Oh of course课程, of course课程. Some people have crazy ideas思路 and --
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UE: 当然了,当然了。有些人很疯狂……
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(Laughter笑声)
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(众笑)
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JCJC: ...a round回合 of applause掌声...
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JC: 大家再次掌声感谢……
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(Applause掌声)
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(观众鼓掌)
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UEUE: Thank you very much.
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UE:非常感谢。
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Yuan Huang
Reviewed by Zachary Lin Zhao

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ueli Gegenschatz - Aerialist
Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.

Why you should listen

Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping -- and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that let him soar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His "addiction to speed" continues to inspire.

A member of the Swiss national paragliding team for four years, Gegenschatz co-founded the Red Bull acro team in 1995. His BASE jumping stunts are the stuff of YouTube legend: the Eiffel Tower; Petronas Towers in KL; the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day.

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